Creating public space  Many wastewater projects offer opportunities to create public space, such as parks, trails, or recreation areas, once construction is completed. Public space provides an amenity to the community and ensures these facilities are good neighbors. Here are some examples: Waterworks Gardens Park, Renton  Local artist Lorna Jordan and landscape architecture firm Jones & Jones created Waterworks Gardens Park next to the South Treatment Plant in Renton. More than just a place to play, Waterworks Gardens is an innovative combination of art, education and technology. The ponds and wetlands are part of a natural system that purifies, reclaims and reuses stormwater from the plant. Pathways enable people to "walk through" the water purification cycle.
Among its many awards, Waterworks Gardens Park received recognition from the American Society of Civil Engineer, Seattle Section. West Point Beach and Wetlands, Seattle
Landscape architect Angela Danadjieva, also known for her work designing Freeway Park and the Washington State Convention Center, made innovative use of native plants, trees and berms to create a stunning design that melds the West Point plant into Discovery Park. The project to expand West Point in the 1990s provided opportunities to add 26 acres of public shoreline and restore habitats and wetlands previously lost. Project design is often guided by experts - people who live in the communities. Citizen activist Bob Kildall and his group Friends of Discovery Park played a key role in the landscape restoration and preservation of open space at the West Point Treatment. More about innovative design at the West Point Treatment Plant.
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Constructed wetland (photo taken in 1997)
Wetland (photo taken in 1999)
West Point Treatment Plant (photo taken in 2002)
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Video Clip - Take a tour of the Brightwater habitat restoration (April 2007) -